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2.5.2 Access, infrastructure and residence ................................................................... 86
2.5.3 Bush food at Oriners ............................................................................................ 91
2.5.4 Cattlemen: working connections .......................................................................... 94
2.5.5 Old and new connections .................................................................................... 95
2.5.6 Tourists and trespassers ..................................................................................... 98
2.5.7 Resources and funding ...................................................................................... 101
2.6 Landscape processes and human and animal distributions ................................. 103
2.6.1 Water and animal distributions .......................................................................... 103
2.6.2 Cattle mustering patterns .................................................................................. 105
2.6.3 Fire regimes....................................................................................................... 109
2.6.4 Erosion .............................................................................................................. 114
2.7 Additional features of knowledge about Oriners ................................................... 121
2.7.1 Applying „Working Knowledge‟ .......................................................................... 122
2.7.2 Linguistic classifications and categories ............................................................ 123
2.7.3 Correlations and causes .................................................................................... 127
3 Local scientific knowledge ........................................................................... 131
3.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 131
3.2 Physical conditions ............................................................................................... 131
3.2.1 Climate .............................................................................................................. 131
3.2.2 Topography and drainage ................................................................................. 134
3.2.3 Geology ............................................................................................................. 135
3.2.4 Soils ................................................................................................................... 138
3.2.5 Land systems .................................................................................................... 140
3.2.6 Soil erosion ........................................................................................................ 146
3.2.7 Catchment land use ........................................................................................... 146
3.2.8 Surface hydrology .............................................................................................. 148
3.2.9 Hydrogeology .................................................................................................... 151
3.2.10 Fluvial geomorphology of the Eight Mile Creek near Oriners Lagoon ................ 153
3.2.11 Gully erosion...................................................................................................... 165
3.3 Biological conditions ............................................................................................. 171
3.3.1 Forest cover....................................................................................................... 171
3.3.2 Grass cover ....................................................................................................... 172
3.3.3 Weeds ............................................................................................................... 172
3.3.4 Fire timing, frequency, and distribution .............................................................. 173
3.3.5 Feral animals and stock ..................................................................................... 177
3.3.6 Native terrestrial animals ................................................................................... 178
3.3.7 Native birds........................................................................................................ 179
3.3.8 Native aquatic animals ...................................................................................... 179
3.4 Oriners and Forest Country – a brief personal perspective .................................. 180
4 Synthesis: process and relationship models .............................................. 183
4.1 Models of landscape-scale ecological, hydrological, and geomorphological relations at
Oriners Station ...................................................................................................... 184
4.1.1 Wet season........................................................................................................ 184
4.1.2 Early dry season ................................................................................................ 186
4.1.3 Late dry season ................................................................................................. 188
4.1.4 Comparisons and interactions across seasons ................................................. 188
4.1.5 Impact of Oriners Mob residence ....................................................................... 189
4.2 Models of processes affecting Oriners and Jewfish Lagoons .............................. 190
4.2.1 Model Introduction ............................................................................................. 190
4.2.2 Oriners Lagoon .................................................................................................. 191
4.2.3 Jewfish Lagoon .................................................................................................. 192
4.2.4 Other major lagoons – Mosquito and Horseshoe .............................................. 194
4.3 Water quality ......................................................................................................... 196
Working Knowledge at Oriners Station, Cape York
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